Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An African pig of the genus Potamochœrus, either P. africanus or P. porcus; a boschvark. Also
bush-hog .
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Examples
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For a moment I took him for a lion, but on reflection I was inclined to think him a very large bush-pig.
Prester John 2005
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Evil Power, and that the dead are reincarnated in the red bush-pig.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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For a moment I took him for a lion, but on reflection I was inclined to think him a very large bush-pig.
Prester John John Buchan 1907
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